Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 3

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Location West Virginia
Year 1877
Month 5
Modern address Grafton WV
City Grafton
State WV
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Wheeling Register, May 5, 1877: "State News. Grafton boasts six base ball clubs."

Grafton WV (current pop. about 5500) is about 25 miles S of Morgantown in eastern WV.

Sources

Wheeling Register, May 5, 1877

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